Because we had a busy end of the year -- the holidays, getting the house ready for company, getting married, having loved ones in town, submitting book revisions, working on other projects -- I didn't get a chance to reflect that much on the old year or the new year.

I think eating mindfully is a beautiful way to take care of ourselves and to savor our lives. Eating mindfully simply means paying full attention to eating (or cooking or even washing the dishes).

Eating mindfully is a way for us to honor our bodies, to honor the process of nourishing ourselves. It's a way to honor the rich, long process that goes into food arriving at our tables -- from seeds sprouting...

I think bucket lists are wonderful. It's important to have a place for contemplating and listing your ultimate dreams, for reflecting on the experiences, activities and actions that inspire you. The experiences, activities and actions you just know you need to do. The things that are calling you.

But I also love an idea I read about in Jennifer Louden's latest book -- A Year...

Today, in the , we honor Martin Luther King, Jr., who had an incredible dream and helped make it a reality. Inspired by his powerful speech and Therese Borchard’s beautiful piece, every year I republish a piece on my personal dream (which I've updated since last year). It’s a dream that focuses on everything from how we treat each other to how we...

In Thursday's post I mentioned that there are many ways we can nourish ourselves -- in addition to food.

Today, make a list of all the things that nourish you. I see nourishment as anything that's fulfilling, meaningful, fun, playful, soothing, refreshing, invigorating, puts-a-smile-on-your-face, and meets a need.

Creating this list gives you the opportunity to reflect on what really helps you. Plus, when...

On the last pages of her book Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life From Dear Sugar Cheryl Strayed pens her response to the question: "What would you tell your twentysomething self if you could talk to her now?"

These are snippets of her wisdom:

"Feed yourself. Literally. The sort of people worthy of your love will love you more for this, sweet pea."

In this post I mentioned that I do most things slowly. It's something I'm learning to accept and embrace about myself.
Because we look down on slow. Slow supposedly sabotages efficiency and productivity. It means waiting. And we hate waiting. In lines. In traffic. For an email. For a package.
But slow isn't inherently a bad thing. It can even have...